#SCRUTINY FOR MAC DOWNLOAD INSTALL#

It’s a shame because these things aside it’s a cracking little app. If you keep an eye out during the installation you can click Decline, but this is still enough of an annoyance for us to drop Vuze all the way from the top of the list to the bottom. It’s not really malware, but it’s still a wealth of unwanted crud all over your Mac.

#SCRUTINY FOR MAC DOWNLOAD INSTALL#

Just like uTorrent used to, it’s been known to set Yahoo to your default search engine and install unwelcome extensions. If uTorrent has got back into our favour, But if you very rarely download torrents, but want a torrent client just in case, this is a good choice.

We think Transmission takes the simplicity thing a little too far, and qBittorrent offers a wider range of features (such as in-app search). You can get more information on files but this opens in a separate window.Ĭontroversy a while back, when hackers managed to infect a release of Transmission with malware, but the company moved quickly to replace that version with one that removed the offending software and have remained vigilant ever since. It needs very little configuration and is designed to be as minimalist as possible, so files just open in a small window displaying a single upload bar. Transmission is an extremely light BitTorrent client with a good range of features. Transmission is the most Mac-like, with a gorgeous interface and Apple-like simplicity – not that Apple would ever make a BitTorrent app it won’t even allow them on the App Store.

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